Hn6202 - Miyako area [Hiraiga Fm]: Late Aptian - Early Albian, Japan
collected by Kase

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Orbitolinidae
Orbitolina sp. D'Orbigny 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 141.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 151.3° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2-3 - Cretaceous 4
Key time interval: Late Aptian - Early Albian
Age range of interval: 119.57 - 110.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Miyako Formation:Hiraiga
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Hiraiga Fm of the Miyako Gp. AGE: Late Aptian-Early Albian; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper part of Orbitolina facies of the Hiraiga Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gray sandy siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Kase
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T. Kase. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods; other taxa (namely bivalves and foraminifera) often present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:91254
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-09-13 16:34:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-13 16:34:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

30704. T. Kase. 1984. Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan 1-262 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]